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:-) Slippery these metaphors! Can I toss in "Zone of proximal development" along with vryaychivanie and "Consciousness is reflected in the word like the sun is reflected in a drop of water" (1987, p. 285)? mike On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Colette Murphy <c.a.murphy@qub.ac.uk> wrote: > I was thinking more of the type of toy trains that my brothers would have > played with - very, very independently moving coaches! But, come to think of > it, some coaches often fell off - ouch. But seriously, I do like the idea > that the teacher is like a little bit of track - the coaches arrive from > soemwhere and travel for a little distance along a path directed by the > teacher before they go elsewhere on their journey of life.. > colette > > Dr Colette Murphy > Senior Lecturer > School of Education > 69 University St > Queen's University > Belfast BT7 1HL > > tel: 02890975953 > ________________________________________ > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf > Of mike cole [lchcmike@gmail.com] > Sent: 07 October 2010 23:05 > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: Re: [xmca] LSV's use of metaphor > > Woa, not so sure about the train track metaphor. The train moves freely up > and down a pre-scribed > track and the only thing that can vary "independently" is speed! Brrrr. > mike > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Colette Murphy <c.a.murphy@qub.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > One that I like a lot: > > > > According to Vygotsky the teacher should be the track upon which the > train > > coaches move freely and independently. The track only gives the coaches > the > > direction of their own movement. > > (Vygotsky, A Reawakened Star: > > http://www.marxist.com/science-old/vygotsky_501.html) > > > > Best > > > > Colette > > > > Dr Colette Murphy > > Senior Lecturer > > School of Education > > 69 University St > > Queen's University > > Belfast BT7 1HL > > > > tel: 02890975953 > > ________________________________________ > > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On > Behalf > > Of Robert Lake [boblake@georgiasouthern.edu] > > Sent: 07 October 2010 21:15 > > To: Culture Activity eXtended Mind > > Subject: [xmca] LSV's use of metaphor > > > > Hi Everyone, > > I am gathering the use of metaphors in Vygotsky's work for a publication > > and want to be sure to include as many as possible. > > without any knowledge of Russian along with the fact that I have > > only recently begun a serious investigation of his work. > > > > In her essay on Vygotsky on Thinking and Speaking in the Cambridge > > companion to Vygotsky,(2007) Vera John-Steiner cites some of Vygotsky's > most > > famous examples, i.e. inner speech as "speech turning inward"; thought as > a > > "cloud shedding a shower of words"; "consciousness is reflected in a word > in > > a word as the sun in a drop of water". (p.151). > > > > Yes I know "tool" is a controversial example to some people :-). > > > > Can you folks think of any others ? > > > > Thank-you in advance for any help with this. > > Robert Lake > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Lake Ed.D. > > Assistant Professor > > Social Foundations of Education > > Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading > > Georgia Southern University > > P. O. Box 8144 > > Phone: (912) 478-5125 > > Fax: (912) 478-5382 > > Statesboro, GA 30460 > > > > > > Democracy must be born anew in every generation, and education is its > > midwife. > > -John Dewey. > > _______________________________________________ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca